Chris Ledoux Old Jake Lyrics

Old Jake Lyrics

Now old Jake was a cowboy he'd worked his whole life on the range



And he could rope, and he could ride with any man just half his age



Old Jake was my hero and me I was just a green kid



And I prayed that someday I could do all the things old Jake did



Well we sat around the bunk house one cold and lonely winter's night



Just chewin' and talkin' and smokin' by the coal oil light



Well old Jake had been aweful quiet that evenin' and he stared hard and long



He said young puncher you goin' to remember me after I'm gone



Whatever happens to old cowboy heros like me



A broken down part of a man I used to be



Will I be forgotten or live on in your memory



Whatever happens to old cowboy heros like me







It's been a long time and oh how the years fade away



Well I stopped by the bunk house were me and old Jake used to stay



They say Jake died about ten years ago and they buried him out there on the
plains



Old friend you might be gone but your memory always stays the same



Whatever happens...